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Next month from is hometown of Cincinnati, Ohio, undefeated lightweight up-and-coming prospect Mel Crossty “Black Diamond” (5-0-1, 1 KO) will return to action following a near 16 month layoff as he seeks his sixth consecutive win as a pro.
Having turned professional in 2008, Crossty stayed consistent in the ring, defeating the opponents he needed to, keeping his unblemished record intact.
His career hit a speed bump in 2009 when he encountered managerial issues, and was unable to get a fight.
But instead of becoming complacent with his training he stayed diligent and awaited his opportunity to lace up the leather again and go to work.
Recently signing with Starpower Boxing out of Cincinnati— a full spectrum boxing managerial company—Crossty is anxious to return to action June 14.
“Come June 14 I’m looking to be very impressive, which I know I am going to be,” said Crossty. “I am ready to get back in there and do what I know how to do. At the end of the day it is about getting that victory, and I’m ready to get it done.”
At 27-years-old Crossty has already has the chance to spar with world champions and contenders, including Adrien Broner, Devon Alexander and Sharif Bogere, to name a few, and most recently has been training in Las vegas, Nevada with Floyd Mayweather Sr. in preparation of his upcoming bout.
Crossty has the fast hands and also the determination to reemerge onto the boxing scene and make an impact in the lightweight division, and his road to working towards the hardware will commence June 14.
“My training has been going great,” Crossty continued. “I have been getting great work, and been giving those guys great work as well. I really feel that right now, I am ready to match someone will my skill level.
“I think that going forward in six or seven fights I am going to have the ability to compete with any of the top fighters. Right now it’s about going out there and feeling comfortable within the ring.”
Now teamed up with Starpower Boxing, Mel Crossty has a promising future in front of him as long as he can execute in the ring as he has done through the early part of his pro career.
A soft-spoken, class act in and out of the ring who wants nothing more than to fight and pursue his dream of going to war for a world title one day, Mel Crossty is anxious to pick up where he left off last April.
“Now being with Starpower Boxing, we are taking it straight up,” said Mel Crossty. “I am one of the first fighters on Starpower, and we are ready to take it to the next level. We are going to make my name big and also the Starpower name big. Getting to the top is exactly what we are set on, and that’s what we plan on doing.”
Also on the card is Starpower’s welterweight William “Action” Jackson (10-1-1, 5 KO). William Jackson is a fast and powerful welterweight who stayed busy in the ring until 2011 when he ran into his own promotional problems.
During his run he took down up-and-coming undefeated prospects, and at 24-years-old is bringing both experience and maturity into the ring June 14 when he back and put on a show right in front of his Ohio fan base.
Starpower Boxing was established Michael Grace in 2013 to give boxers a stable managerial company to be fight under with the fighters’ best intention in mind.
